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Humanity in Action Appoints Azi Khalili as Executive Director
Humanity in Action is proud to announce the appointment of Azadeh “Azi” Khalili as its new Executive Director, effective today. Khalili steps into the role following a distinguished career across government, philanthropy, and social justice movements—bringing decades of experience advocating for human rights, gender equity, and systemic reform.
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#CallForAction - 10th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution
Senior Fellow Mariana Karkoutly, together with a group of Syrian activists in Berlin, is co-organizing a demonstration and artistic intervention campaign to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Syrian revolution.
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Asha Shajahan plays critical role in training healthcare heroes in the #ThisIsOurShot Campaign: WFMZ-TV Article
Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellow Asha Shajahan is on the national executive board of the #ThisIsOurShot Campaign, which was recently featured in a WFMZ-TV article. The campaign aims to combat misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines.
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2nd Online Workshop of the 'Mitigating Online Radicalization and Hate Speech' program
We welcomed back our participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon and Slovakia into 'The Mitigating Online Radicalization and Hate Speech' program, kindly supported by the European Union and the Anna Lindh Foundation and implemented with our partners Strategic Analysis SK and Aie Serve.
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Catalyst Commissions: Grants for New York City Artists
Landecker Democracy Fellow and Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Sharon M. Chin launches the Catalyst Commissions - an initiative to catalyze civic partnership and democracy via the power of art. Applications are open until March 20, 2021.
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BLIQ-Journal
Senior Fellow Nabila Abdel Aziz is editor at BLIQ Journal. BLIQ is a media-critical online journal that observes and complements German reporting on Muslims, Jews, Black people, Roma, People of Color (PoC), and other religious, racial, and ethnic minorities.
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Upcoming Docu-Podcast Series “Terror am OEZ – Fünf Jahre nach dem Anschlag in München”
Senior Fellow Nabila Abdel Aziz is going to host a new documentary podcast on Spotify. This podcast will deal with the terror attack in the Olympia shopping mall (Munich) five years ago.
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Senior Fellow's vaccine distribution work in Ghana highlighted by The New York Times
Senior Fellow Owusu Akoto was recently featured in The New York Times for his contribution in delivering and distributing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Ghana.
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Senior Fellow Saskia Brechenmacher's Foreign Policy Article: "Representation Isn't Enough"
Senior Fellow Saskia Brechenmacher's co-authored article "Representation Isn’t Enough" was recently published on the Foreign Policy website. The article highlights that the increased representation of women in politics is not indicative of their increased political power.
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ProFellow Interview: How David Schupp Drives Justice with the Humanity in Action Fellowship
Senior Fellow David Schupp got interviewed about the Humanity in Action summer fellowship for a ProFellow article.
Humanity in Action Fellowship Named Among 10 Fellowships for Human Rights
Humanity in Action was named by Human Rights Careers among 10 of the top Fellowships for human rights.
Humanity in Action Fellowship Named among 5 Fellowships to Keep an Eye on
The Humanity in Action Fellowship has been named by College Magazine among five Fellowships to keep an eye on, joining the ranks of Fulbright, the Watson Fellowship and Princeton.